News and Press Releases of DIW Berlin

Maximilian Schäfer has successfully defefended his dissertation

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:17:00 +0200

Sabine Zinn appointed Professor at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 10:55:00 +0200

New Policy Brief from Climate Friendly Materials Plattform has been published: Carbon Contracts for Differences: their role in European industrial decarbonisation

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 04:05:00 +0200

New Policy Brief from the Climate Friendly Materials Plattform has been published: A Climate-Neutral Industry: Status of policy debate in European Member States

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 04:05:00 +0200

Maximilian Schäfer has successfully defended his dissertation

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:05:00 +0200

Maximilian Schäfer has successfully defended his dissertation

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:05:00 +0200

Marcia Valente has successfully defended her dissertation

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:05:00 +0200

Jan Stede has successfully defended his dissertation

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:05:00 +0200

With regard to current events: Measures implemented at the DIW Berlin

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:12:00 +0200

Due to the current developments regarding the spread of the Covid-19/Corona virus we will follow the recommendations of the authorities and reduce all social contact to a minimum, starting March 16, 2020, in order to protect all visitors and staff members.

Staff members of the DIW Berlin will, for the most part, have the possibility to work externally. All staff can still be reached via email as well as the usual landline and mobile telephone numbers. For media representatives the staff from our press office can also be contacted via the central email address presse@diw.de.

All scheduled internal and external events within the DIW Berlin, Mohrenstraße 58, will, for the time being, no longer take place. Individual smaller video and telephone conference opportunities may still take place. Should this be the case, the person responsible for the appointment will contact you directly.

Through the measures that are being implemented restrictions and temporal delays in the handling of internal or external matters may occur; we hope, however, to thus slow down the spread of the virus whilst remaining as active as possible.

We are happy to answer any questions you may have.

We will inform you on our website if there are changes due to current developments.

Joint Economic Forecast: Recovery Loses Momentum - Economy and Politics Still Shaped by the Pandemic

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0200

Kevin Ducbao Tran has successfully defefended his dissertation

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 01:52:00 +0200

New Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung (Quarterly Journal of Economic Research) about Development Banks online

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:39:00 +0200

US and EU secure vaccine production on home soil

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 01:41:00 +0200

Abstract:

The deployment of a safe and effective vaccine for Covid-19 will be central to lifting containment measures. In a bid to speed up vaccine deployment, governments are entering into ‘Advance Purchase Agreements’ (APAs) with vaccine companies to secure access to vaccine doses. We document and compare the vaccine procurement strategies of the US and the EU. Most notably, we find that both the US and the EU only secure vaccine doses from developers whose (contracted) production facilities are based in US or EU territory, respectively. Securing vaccine production on home soil is crucial in a crisis because of the ability of governments to implement export restrictions; vaccines produced in a different jurisdiction may be blocked from exiting the region. Thus, only governments who can secure local production will be able to provide a vaccine quickly.

Martin Harding has successfully defended his dissertation

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:57:00 +0200

Katharina Lehmann-Uschner has successfully defended her dissertation

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:57:00 +0200

Renke Schmacker has successfully defended his dissertation

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:06:00 +0200

No need for new natural gas pipelines and LNG terminals in Europe

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 04:37:00 +0200

Abstract:

Natural gas could play an increasing role in the German energy system following the coal exit decided in July 2020 by the German parliament. However, natural gas has no climate benefit compared to coal. What is more, Europe risks to become a battleground for the conflict between Russia and the United States. The construction of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nordstream 2 has set in motion a downward spiral of sanctions and counter-sanctions. US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports compete with Russian gas exports to Europe. While German and European policy makers debate about an appropriate reaction to the US sanctions, we ask which role will US LNG be able to play in the European natural gas market. Model results by DIW Berlin provide first answers. In the long run, however, the European climate policy commitments will lead to a phase-out of fossil natural gas in the wake of the energy transition in the next decades.

Submission to the revision of the EU infrastructure regulation

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 10:52:00 +0200

SOEPcampus@home Workshop Series - Registration Now Open

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 04:51:00 +0200

New report published: Investments in Climate Friendly Materials to Strengthen the Recovery Package

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 01:55:00 +0200